My Morning Commute

[TwoWheelsDC]

Cold and lonely this morning…traffic in north Arlington was practically non-existent, which made my ride relaxing and pretty quick. And since we’re gonna hit 60 today, I’m going to have to leave early and go for a ride!

[aflapr]

@TwoWheelsDC 36354 wrote:

Cold and lonely this morning…traffic in north Arlington was practically non-existent, which made my ride relaxing and pretty quick. And since we’re gonna hit 60 today, I’m going to have to leave early and go for a ride!

I was with you until you mentioned the “pretty quick…” part – I had gravy coming out of my pores and was slogging along. I am with you on the leaving early and extending the commute home into a nice ride.

[americancyclo]

quite the quiet ride this morning. Sad that there was no swings fridaycoffeeclub, but nice to avoid much less traffic on the route through DC.

[Steve]

I haven’t rode much in the last two weeks, in part because of moving offices. I got to do my new commute this morning for the first time, and it was a blast. I now have another river/bridge crossing (South Capitol Street Bridge), and I can’t wait until the afternoon to be riding back into DC to see the view. And for the first time I have a shower in my building! Things are looking up….

[Arlingtonrider]

It seems a little early in the season, but Moose Mitts might be nice this morning.

[Dirt]

@Arlingtonrider 36702 wrote:

It seems a little early in the season, but Moose Mitts might be nice this morning.

They were quite nice this morning.

[TwoWheelsDC]

It was especially frosty this morning…lots of drivers scraping their windshields I’m pretty happy with my layering situation, as I arrived at work very comfortable, with just a slight dampness on my base layer. I could probably do it without sweating at all, but that would be slow and no fun.

[Dirt]

@TwoWheelsDC 36716 wrote:

It was especially frosty this morning…lots of drivers scraping their windshields I’m pretty happy with my layering situation, as I arrived at work very comfortable, with just a slight dampness on my base layer. I could probably do it without sweating at all, but that would be slow and no fun.

Frost on the wood bridges and boardwalks was a bit squidgy this morning for sure. Added a bit of spice to the ride.

[vvill]

I wore a merino wool polo shirt, arm warmers, and a windproof thermal vest. No sweat! Baaaaaaaaaa.

Could’ve used some Moose Mitts and warmer feet but it wasn’t a big deal. I chose my 26″ beater/MTB to ride given the potential for frostiness.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@vvill 36732 wrote:

I wore a merino wool polo shirt, arm warmers, and a windproof thermal vest. No sweat! Baaaaaaaaaa.

Could’ve used some Moose Mitts and warmer feet but it wasn’t a big deal. I chose my 26″ beater/MTB to ride given the potential for frostiness.

Man, I wish I was that impervious to cold…even being from Idaho and having a few pounds of uh, internal insulation, I am a total cold weather wuss. This morning it was faux-Under Armor>merino shirt>l/s jersey>windbreaker. I probably could’ve done without the faux-Under Armor, but I would’ve been miserably cold in much less than that.

[KelOnWheels]

Today! Was awesome! AWESOME!

I hadn’t ridden in a WHOLE MONTH. What was I thinking?! HOW MUCH FUN was my ride today?!

Very much, that’s how much.

I believe my bike muchness is back.

I had armwarmers & Smartwool knee warmers and I broke Rule #82 because I got hot and took off my armwarmers but not my knee warmers, so I guess I am not ELITE today.

My toes got cold. I will have to get some wool socks.

The Penn Ave cycletrack is all shiny & new & repaved now but all the bollardses are gone. I did not get U-turned into by any cabs though so that was good.

Tonight I will have to ride home in the dark, but it will be better than Metro!

WOOHOO.

[vvill]

@TwoWheelsDC 36738 wrote:

Man, I wish I was that impervious to cold…even being from Idaho and having a few pounds of uh, internal insulation, I am a total cold weather wuss. This morning it was faux-Under Armor>merino shirt>l/s jersey>windbreaker. I probably could’ve done without the faux-Under Armor, but I would’ve been miserably cold in much less than that.

Being from warmer climes than DC, I’m far from impervious to cold – actually I get cold easily. But I do sweat easily when I bike and I don’t have shower facilities at work. Merino wool stuff is great. If it works for sheep, it works for me.

[dasgeh]

Today was the first day on the bike since Nov. 15 (aka the last day we had 1 kid). It was AWESOME! I took the toddler to preschool on the electric bike, and we both had a blast!

I almost miss commuting…

[KelOnWheels]

Holy carp I need proper lights. And clean lenses in my cycling glasses. The ride home was rather exciting in parts. :p

[TwoWheelsDC]

There were some really weird thermal pockets tonight. Was warm in north Arlington, at least 5 degrees colder starting at Roosevelt Island, warmed up significantly at Gravelly Point, got cold again in Shirlington, then warm again on the W&OD, then super cold by Glencarlyn Park, then warm again by the time I hit Westover. And it wasn’t like I was getting warmer/colder gradually, it was almost immediate changes when I’d hit warm/cold air pockets.

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